It is my understanding, from Lyle's book, that neoglucogenesis only
occurs
when the body does not have sufficient glucose.  I could be wrong, and
I
suppose he could be.  But converting 58% of *all* protein into glucose
seens
very strange and doesn't ring with what I read (with the book out on
loan so
I can't verify).

In a message dated 9/16/00 4:26:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<<  It seems odd that 58% of
 protein would be converted even in the presence of adequate
 glucose.  If the 58% conversion rate is accurate, regardless of
 glucose intake, then this would perhaps be evidence that for a
 very long time glucose intake was seldom adequate, so that it
 made sense to convert protein at this constant rate. >>